Wax on, water off. Otter Wax is a canvas wax handmade (and continuously tested) in soggy Portland, OR to repel water from shoes, bags, packs, hats, and jackets. The compound incorporates only natural drip-and-dew-eschewing waxes and oils, containing no silicone, paraffin, petroleum, or other synthetic ingredients.

Nothing pairs better with a rainy day than an umbrella and a pint of beer. Ben Lewis' RainTaps add a creative twist to the matchup, repurposing real beer taps as the handles for his wet weather shields. Carrying a RainTaps...

Adidas' NMD_CS1 GTX Primeknit sneakers are made with a 100% waterproof GORE-TEX lining, so even though I'll trash their pristine white Primeknit upper within the first 15 minutes of stepping outside in the shoes, it will...

While I would prefer a wax color more masculine than pink, I--What? Pink is the color of unconditional love and nurturing? Oh. OK, Mama.--I guess my mama likes pink. Yep... Working from home today... Anyway, I applaud...

It's easy for UCO to say their Stormproof Matches burn through windy and wet conditions. That they'll burn for 25 seconds regardless of the gusts or downpours they're in. That they're so waterproof the matches will still...

What's the Method? Add 1 part sweatshirt, 1 part raincoat, and 3 parts 21st century textile hocus pocus to a pot, and simmer until soft, cozy, and hydrophobic. MINIM Gear is crowdfunding their Method pullovers and zip-ups...

A 2012 red dot award winner for design concept, Lin Min-Wei and Liu Li-Hsiang's Rain Shield could make carrying an umbrella 1) somewhat stylish and 2) more than an exercise in futility. Its shield-like construction uses...

As phones get smaller and smaller and cases for these tiny phones get bigger and bigger, we still have one threat to our precious 21st century life support. And that threat is water. H2O. The deadliest substance known...

Tempo Drop is a stylized version of storm glass. Or if, like me, you don't know what the Orville Redenbacher a storm glass is either, then the Tempo Drop is a stylized weather forecaster. The sealed glass container holds...

Everyone wants to be a hard ass. The Terminator. The Regulator. The Undertaker. Chuck Norris. Where's The Do-Gooder? The Helper? The Revitalizer? Relegated to the arenas of kindergarten classrooms and home decor, that's...

Bose knows sound. I knows Bose knows sound because I have their QuietComfort 20 nose cancelling earbuds, and they are the best thing that ever happened to me on a bus, me on an airplane, and me in the company of children...